Altug, Lionel Robbins (A History of Economic thought p127) contradicts Schumpeter and claims that Smith "put political economy on the map as a serious subject" Heilbroner makes Smith out to be the first "Worldly Philosopher", and the founder of an intellectual revolution (p41). D --- On Wed, 3/30/11, [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > From: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: [SHOE] Adam Smith, the "Founding Father" of Modern Economics? > To: [log in to unmask] > Date: Wednesday, March 30, 2011, 6:39 AM > Dear Listers, > > J Schumpeters *History of Economic Analysis*, M Blaugs > *Retrospect*, and M Rothbards *An Austrian Perspective > on HET* report that Adam Smith has been incorretly thought > to have created the science of economics and known as > the Founding Father. > > I have been wondering: who thought so? These books do not > provide any references. I did a quick search on Google > but had no reliable results. Does anybody know when and who > exactly coined or used the term founding father > and thought Adam Smith created the science of economics? > > Regards, > > Altug Yalcintas > Ankara University >